FCS 101 Final Exam Questions And Accurate
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What is the correct order or Bronfenbrenner's 5 systems, going from narrowest to
widest? - Answer Microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem
The nature/nurture debate is concerned with: - Answer The relationship(s) between
heredity, environment, and human development.
When evaluating Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which of the following is
true? - Answer Piaget underestimated the ages at which children are capable of doing
certain things.
The Lifespan Perspective on development is______________ - Answer All of the Above
Influenced by multiple forces, Multi-dimentional, Multi-directional, Plastic
The cohort effect: - Answer occurs when similarities in behaviors are due to the fact that
people were born at the same time in history.
Ethology suggest that behavior is a result of - Answer Innate behaviors
Freud's theories have been criticized for - Answer Relying upon patients' memories of
childhood events
Now, with regard to development, the accepted view is that it is - Answer A continuous
process well into adulthood
Which of the following thinkers believed that children are born good? - Answer
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
, Vygotsky used the term the zone of _____ development to refer to the level of skills that a
child can only execute with the assistance of a more competent person - Answer
Proximal
Gina's mother is vice president of a large company. Her job requires her to put in many
hours at the workplace. Due to this, Gina's mom doesn't always make it to her soccer
matches. Which type of system does her mother's workplace represent to Gina? -
Answer Exosystem
Which of the following represents observational learning? -Answer Gina watches her
mother mow the grass and then she pushed her toy lawnmower around the lawn in a
similar way
The information processing perspective use the _____ as a metaphor for explaining how
people's memory and problem-solving work -Answer Computer
With the publication of Biographical Sketch of an Infant in 1877, __________ established a
scientific basis for the study of children. - Answer Charles Darwin
According to Urie Bronfenbrenner, an ecological system theorist - Answer Two-way
interactions between a child and his/her parents influence the child's development
Chris's mother offers to give him a cookie but only if he does not have a temper tantrum
in the grocery store. What is the concept of operant conditioning in use here? -Answer
Positive reinforcement
Genetics determine which of the following? - Answer Physical characteristics,
intelligence and psychological issues
The placenta: -Answer is a filter that allows the passage of oxygen and nutrients to
reach the embryo from the mother
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